Dr Anne Lohr

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Dr Anne Lohr’s clinical interests include the management of acute and chronic medical conditions in children from birth to 18 years, including:

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

Dr Anne Lohr is a General Paediatrician, having worked in paediatrics since 2005. Anne’s undergraduate degree was obtained at the University in Aachen, Germany. After working in New Zealand for one year she completed her paediatric training in Aachen in 2011. She relocated to Australia in late 2011 and was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2017.

Anne has worked as a General Paediatrician at a Community Health Service in Wyndham Vale for 7 years and as a locum Consultant at RCH and in regional paediatric services. She is currently completing her neonatal training and is experienced in caring for preterm born infants/sick neonates acutely and for long term follow up. Anne has worked in Aboriginal Child Health as a locum Consultant in the Wadja team at RCH and with the local indigenous community in Wyndham Vale in close collaboration with VACCA (Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency).

She is a member of the Australian Society of Developmental Paediatrics (ASDP).

Anne is a mother to two teenage children.

PRACTICE PHILOSOPHIES

Anne enjoys working in conjunction with speech therapists, psychologists, occupational therapists, educators and general practitioners and believes that close communication with therapists/educators improves opportunities for her patients and their families. She believes that the paediatrician’s role is to advocate for her patients and help parents, families and educators to create a supported environment focused on development, physical and emotional well-being of the child.